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TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Contra
FROM: INTERNAL OPERATIONS COMMITTEE
Costa
DATE: September 9, 1985 County
SUBJECT: Glenn County Physical Fitness Program
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATIONS:
1 . Endorse the wellness program being undertaken by the
Personnel and Health Services Departments and encourage all
employees to take part in the health assessment program.
2. Remove this item as a referral to our Committee.
BACKGROUND:
On March 12, 1985, the Board of Supervisors referred to our
Committee a request from Supervisor Torlakson that the County
Administrator and Health Services Director obtain a copy of the
County physical fitness program in use in Glenn County and
consider its implementation in Contra Costa County.
On September 9 , 1985, our Committee received a report from Dr.
Wendel Brunner, Public Health Director, and Harry Cisterman,
County Personnel Director. The program implemented in Glenn
County is an ambitious and expensive one which is based on
individualized counseling with employees in the Sheriff ' s
Department based on a risk assessment. The program is focused on
the Sheriff ' s Department and other elected and appointed
department heads, but does not touch all employees. The program
requires the equivalent of some five full-time employees. The
value of the program is evaluated on reductions in sick leave
usage, workers compensation premiums, and disability retirements.
A similarly staff-intensive program in this County would cost
perhaps $1,000,000 per year.
In this County, by contrast, the emphasis is on providing all
employees with an assessment of their current health status and
what steps can be taken to improve one' s health by changes in
lifestyle, nutrition, and other personal habits. Our concern,
and that of the Health Services and Personnel departments, is
primarily with trying to educate our employees on how they can
improve their overall health by changing their own personal
habits. While we hope to see reductions in sick leave usage,
workers compensation costs and disability retirements, our
interest in this program stems from our concern with the overall
health of our employee population.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE:
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATORRECOMME ATION OF B ARD COM ITTEE
X APPROVE / E
SIGNATURE(S) Tom Torl akson Tom Powers
ACTION OF BOARD ON SPptpmhpr 10, 1985 q ROVED AS RECOMMENDED mss_ OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
x UNANIMOUS (ABSENT III ) I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
AYES: NOES: AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
County Administrator
CC: Health Services Director ATTESTED 9gs—
Dr. Wendel Brunner PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OFY
Personnel Director SUPERVISORS AND/COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
M382/7-e8 BY DEPUTY
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In this County, we hope to conduct a health assessment of every
employee and encourage lifestyle changes where appropriate.
However, rather than using paid County employees to do one-to-one
counseling, we are going to rely on interns from nearby
universities and nonprofit community organizations, like the
Cancer Society, Heart Association, and Lung Association. As a
result, we expect this County' s program to cost about $2 . 00 per
employee per month, or about $120,000 per year. The program is
funded for the 1985-1986 fiscal year out of the Workers
Compensation budget.
our Committee believes strongly that the program outlined for us
by Dr. Brunner and Mr. Cisterman, if provided appropriate
leadership by the Board of Supervisors and Department Heads, will
provide a meaningful and inexpensive opportunity for employees to
learn more about the status of their health and what steps they
can each take to improve their own health. We applaud the
efforts which are presently underway in this County, and look
forward to a healthier group of County employees as a result of
this program.
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1. Health assessment program
2 . Internal Operations cte endorsed
3.. Wellness program
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